Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Indie Bookstores: 'You Get to Meet a New Community at Each One'

Shelf Awareness

"I don't think I've ever been at an indie bookstore I didn't like. One of the things I like is that they are so different in so many ways, but at the same time they are similar: you get to meet people who really care and know about books, and you get to meet a new community at each one."

--Jacqueline Woodson, whose novel Another Brooklyn is August's #1 Indie Next List Pick, in a Bookselling This Week interview